代 dài to be a substitute for / to act on behalf of / to replace / to substitute / generation / dynasty / age / period / (historical) era / (geological) eon syn 抑郁症 抑鬱症 yì yù zhèng clinical depression 侏罗纪 侏羅紀 zhū luó jì Jurassic (geological period 205-140m years ago) 盆地 pén dì (geography) basin / depression syn 白垩纪 白堊紀 bái è jì Cretaceous (geological period 140-65m years ago) 神经衰弱 神經衰弱 shén jīng shuāi ruò nervous exhaustion / neurasthenia / mental breakdown (often used to describe what is now understood to be clinical depression) syn 新政 xīn zhèng new policy / New Deal (Roosevelt's 1933 policy to deal with the Great Depression) syn 人中 rén zhōng philtrum / infranasal depression / the "human center" acupuncture point 惆怅 惆悵 chóu chàng melancholy / depression syn 火焰山 huǒ yàn shān Mountain of Flames of legend / fig. insurmountable obstacle / Mountain of Flames in Turpan depression in Xinjiang 倾角 傾角 qīng jiǎo dip / angle of dip (inclination of a geological plane down from horizontal) / tilt (inclination of ship from vertical) syn 洼地 窪地 wā dì low-lying ground / depression syn 忧郁症 憂鬱症 yōu yù zhèng (psychology) depression 中生代 zhōng shēng dài Mesozoic (geological era 250-65m years ago, covering Triassic 三疊紀|三叠纪, Jurassic 侏羅紀|侏罗纪 and Cretaceous 白堊紀|白垩纪) 第四纪 第四紀 dì sì jì fourth period / quaternary (geological period covering the recent ice ages over the last 180,000 years) 低气压 低氣壓 dī qì yā low pressure / depression (meteorology) 塔里木盆地 tǎ lǐ mù pén dì Tarim Basin depression in southern Xinjiang 潭 tán deep pool / pond / pit (dialect) / depression syn 洼 窪 wā depression / low-lying area / low-lying / sunken syn 坳 ào depression / cavity / hollow / Taiwan pr. [ao1] syn 古生代 gǔ shēng dài Paleozoic, geological era 545-250m years ago, covering Cambrian 寒武紀|寒武纪, Ordovician 奧陶紀|奥陶纪, Silurian 志留紀|志留纪, Devonian 泥盆紀|泥盆纪, Carboniferous 石炭紀|石炭纪, Permian 二疊紀|二叠纪 三叠纪 三疊紀 sān dié jì Triassic (geological period 250-205m years ago) 夼 kuǎng low ground / hollow / depression (used in Shandong place names) 坑洼 坑窪 kēng wā hole / hollow / depression / low-lying 凹坑 āo kēng concave depression / crater 寒武纪 寒武紀 hán wǔ jì Cambrian geological period (541-485.4 million years ago) 石炭纪 石炭紀 shí tàn jì Carboniferous (geological period 354-292m years ago) 消愁解闷 消愁解悶 xiāo chóu jiě mèn lit. to eliminate worry and dispel melancholy (idiom) / diversion from boredom / to dispel depression or melancholy / to relieve stress / a relaxing pass-time 中央凹 zhōng yāng āo fovea centralis (depression in the macula retina, most sensitive optic region) 吐鲁番盆地 吐魯番盆地 tǔ lǔ fān pén dì the Turpan Depression in Xinjiang 坑坎 kēng kǎn uneven (road) / depression (in terrain) 坳陷 ào xiàn (geology) depression / low-lying area 大萧条 大蕭條 dà xiāo tiáo the Great Depression (1929-c. 1939) 抑郁不平 抑鬱不平 yì yù bù píng in a state of depression (idiom) 柴达木 柴達木 chái dá mù Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. 柴达木盆地 柴達木盆地 chái dá mù pén dì Tsaidam or Qaidam basin (Mongolian: salt marsh), depression northeast of the Plateau of Tibet, located between the Qilian Shan and the Kunlun Shan at the northern margin of the Tibetan Plateau. 准葛尔盆地 準葛爾盆地 zhǔn gě ěr pén dì Dzungaria or Jungarian depression in north Xinjiang between Altai and Tianshan 经济萧条 經濟蕭條 jīng jì xiāo tiáo economic depression 躁狂抑郁症 躁狂抑鬱症 zào kuáng yì yù zhèng manic depression 下降漏斗 下降漏鬥 cone of depression 下降锥体 下降錐體 cone of depression 产后忧郁症 產後憂郁癥 post-partum depression / baby blues 临床抑郁症 臨床抑郁癥 clinical depression 低压带 低壓帶 dī yā dài low-pressure zone / depression (meteorology) 俯角 fǔ jiǎo (math.) angle of depression 山洼 山窪 shān wā mountain hollow / mountain depression 奥陶纪 奧陶紀 ào táo jì Ordovician (geological period 495-440m years ago) 白垩世 白堊世 bái è shì Cretaceous (geological period 140-65m years ago) 二叠纪 二疊紀 èr dié jì Permian (geological period 292-250m years ago) 二迭纪 二迭紀 èr dié jì Permian (geological period 292-250m years ago) / also written 二疊紀|二叠纪 泥盆纪 泥盆紀 ní pén jì Devonian (geological period 417-354m years ago) 三迭纪 三迭紀 sān dié jì Triassic (geological period 250-205m years ago) / also written 三疊紀|三叠纪 志留纪 志留紀 zhì liú jì Silurian (geological period 440-417m years ago) 中国地质调查局 中國地質調查局 zhōng guó dì zhì diào chá jú China Geological Survey (CGS) 第三纪 第三紀 dì sān jì third period / tertiary (geological era since the extinction of the dinosaurs at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary 65 million years ago) 上新世 shàng xīn shì Pliocene (geological epoch from 5m-2m years ago) 下寒武 xià hán wǔ lower Cambrian (geological period approx 530 million years ago) 下寒武统 下寒武統 xià hán wǔ tǒng lower Cambrian series (geological strata from approx 530 million years ago) 中新世 zhōng xīn shì Miocene (geological epoch from 24m-5m years ago) 元古代 yuán gǔ dài Proterozoic (geological era 2500-540m years ago) 元古宙 yuán gǔ zhòu pre-Cambrian (geological eon 2500-645m) 全新统 全新統 quán xīn tǒng holocene system (geological strata laid down during the last 12000 years) 前寒武纪 前寒武紀 qián hán wǔ jì pre-Cambrian, geological period before c. 540m years ago 古新世 gǔ xīn shì Palaeocene (geological epoch from 65m-55m years ago) 地史 dì shǐ earth history / geological history 地质年代表 地質年代表 dì zhì nián dài biǎo geological time scale 地质年表 地質年表 dì zhì nián biǎo geological time scale 埃迪卡拉 āi dí kǎ lā Ediacaran (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era 埃迪卡拉纪 埃迪卡拉紀 āi dí kǎ lā jì Ediacaran period (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era 太古代 tài gǔ dài Archaeozoic (geological era before 2500m years ago) 太古宙 tài gǔ zhòu Archaean (geological eon before 2500m years ago) 始新世 shǐ xīn shì Eocene (geological epoch from 55m-34m years ago) 始新纪 始新紀 shǐ xīn jì Eocene (geological epoch from 55m-34m years ago) 寒武 hán wǔ Cambrian (geological period 545-495m years ago) 底锡斯海 底錫斯海 dǐ xī sī hǎi Thetys (hypothetical ocean between Africa and Eurasia in geological history) 断层线 斷層線 duàn céng xiàn geological fault line 更新世 gēng xīn shì Pleistocene (geological epoch from 2m years ago, covering the most recent ice ages) 渐新世 漸新世 jiàn xīn shì Oligocene (geological epoch from 34m-24m years ago) 灾变说 災變說 zāi biàn shuō catastrophism (theory that geological changes are brought about by catastrophes such as the biblical flood) 灾变论 災變論 zāi biàn lùn catastrophism / the theory that geological change is caused by catastrophic events such as the Biblical flood 熊耳山 xióng ěr shān Mt Xiong'er national geological park in 棗莊|枣庄[Zao3 zhuang1], south Shandong 美国地质局 美國地質局 měi guó dì zhì jú United States Geological Survey (USGS) 美国地质调查局 美國地質調查局 měi guó dì zhì diào chá jú United States Geological Survey (USGS) 艾迪卡拉 ài dí kǎ lā Ediacaran (c. 635-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era / also written 埃迪卡拉[Ai1 di2 ka3 la1] 隐生宙 隱生宙 yǐn shēng zhòu Cryptozoic / geological eon before the appearance of abundant fossils / hidden life, as opposed to Phanerozoic 双龙大裂谷 雙龍大裂谷 shuāng lóng dà liè gǔ Shuanglong Rift Valley in Mt Xiong'er National Geological Park 熊耳山[Xiong2er3 Shan1], Zaozhuang 棗莊|枣庄[Zao3zhuang1], Shandong 震旦纪 震旦紀 zhèn dàn jì Sinian (c. 800-542 million years ago), late phase of pre-Cambrian geological era 显生代 顯生代 xiǎn shēng dài Phanerozoic, geological eon lasting since the Cambrian 寒武紀|寒武纪[Han2 wu3 ji4], c. 540m year ago 显生宙 顯生宙 xiǎn shēng zhòu Phanerozoic, geological eon lasting since the Cambrian 寒武紀|寒武纪[Han2 wu3 ji4], c. 540m year ago 龙门山 龍門山 lóng mén shān Mt Longmen, the northwest boundary of the Sichuan basin, an active geological fault line / Mt Longmen in Shandong / Mt Longmen in Henan 美国地质勘探局 美國地質勘探局 měi guó dì zhí kān tàn jú United States Geological Survey 国际地质科学联合会 International Union of Geological Sciences 泛非地质信息系统网 Pan-African Network for a Geological Information System 地质对比计划 Geological Correlation Project 遥感应用于地质科学训练班 Training Course on Remote Sensing Applications to Geological Sciences 遥感数据的地质解读区域讲习班 遙感數據的地質解讀區域講習班 Regional Workshop on Geological Interpretation of Remotely-Sensed Data 海洋地质作业南方生产协会 海洋地質作業南方生產協會 Southern Production Association for Marine Geological Operations / Yuzhmorgeologiya 加拿大地质调查委员会 加拿大地質調查委員會 Geological Survey of Canada 地质致灾因子 地質致災因子 geological hazard 